Lucky Larry

Lottery fever is once again sweeping the nation thanks to the record setting Powerball Lottery. Saturday's numbers failed to produce a winner and now the jackpot for Wednesday night's drawing is at an all time high of $425 million. That jackpot is likely to grow as more people opt to buy lottery tickets leading up to the drawing so you could end up winning more than that, if you're the only one that matches all 6 numbers!

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Watching A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is a family tradition in many homes across East Texas this time of year. Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang made their Thanksgiving TV special debut in 1973 and its been shown each year since.

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Here at the radio station yesterday we celebrated Thanksgiving with the entire staff, everything was prepared by someone from the station and was great - from the turkey and dressing to the mashed potatoes, greens, corn and rolls - it was all great.  However, what I think stole the show was the selection of desserts that were offered to us!

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With Thanksgiving coming up Thursday, the annual radio station Thanksgiving lunch with the staff and family is coming up tomorrow afternoon and of course the main dish at the luncheon will be turkey. But how that turkey gets prepared for us was up for a great debate!

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It's a holiday tradition that has been happening for more than a quarter of a century in downtown Marshall and the switch will be thrown that will light up more than a million lights at the Wonderland of Lights Festival on Wednesday of next week.

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In a week many Americans will be joining their families at the over-stuffed and over-sized dinner table celebrating Thanksgiving with a feast of food and sharing many memories of years past and what's happened to them over the last year and then either watching football or playing board games after their mid-afternoon nap! But how are all of these families getting together?

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Throughout the entire month of October Smith County residents and East Texans dropped off new and gently used coats at participating dry cleaners throughout Smith County to be cleaned and donated to PATH's Coats For Kids program where kids without a winter coat can receive one for free.

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Channing Tatum's appearance in the movie Magic Mike might have something to do with People magazine naming him the Sexiest Man Alive in 2012 and I'm sure there are plenty of East Texas women that wouldn't disagree.  The 32 year old from Alabama joins the distinguished list of other guys that have been bestowed the honor of being named the sexiest man alive by People since 1985.

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A couple of weeks ago we were at a friends house and I ended up watching "The Polar Express" starring Tom Hanks with one of their small children, it's a movie I've seen many times and this time I got sucked into watching the entire thing that evening and you know, it never gets old! If you've never seen it, it is a must see movie and another great way to experience the movie is on the Texas State Railroads' Polar Express Train Ride.

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For the past 30 years Longview ISD has honored veterans and active military members with a special ceremony and the tradition will continue Saturday evening with a special event at Lobo Stadium. The event will feature marching band along with a fireworks show.

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We're all looking forward to the weekend and if you don't have any plans yet, you might consider heading to Grand Saline, Henderson or Tyler some big festivals and events this weekend.

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A couple of days ago I wrote about some bizarre election predictions and now it's time to check back in on them to see how accurate they are.

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